Search Results: Authors starting with O from Bloomsbury Books

Tokyo, Japan: MDP. A hardcover issued without a dust jacket but rather in slipcase. Printed on glossy paper stock containing 122 pages, well-illustrated with photographs. Text is bilingual (in Japanese and English). Book is in Near Fine condition; in lightly soiled, edge-worn slipcase. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1969.

New York: Flair Communications Inc.. A glossy magazine containing 112 internal pages. Light wear to upper and lower outer narrow spine edges. . VG+. Magazine. First Edition. 1990.

Brooklyn, NY: One Story - The Old American Can Factory, 2012. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Stapled wraps measuring 5" by 7" and containing 28 pages including front and rear covers. A short story. In As New, splendid condition..

London, England: Libertarian Alliance. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. Mr. O'Connor begins, "There is some debate in Britain as to whether the remaining private schools should be allowed to exist or whether they should be abolished in the interests of 'fairness.' To argue for the expansion of private education is not at all popular." The lightest of wear. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1986.

Brooklyn, NY: One Story - The Old American Can Factory, 2012. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Stapled wraps measuring 5" by 7" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. A short story. In As New, splendid condition..

Nashville, TN: The Southern Publishing Association. Offered is the 1972 Revised Edition of "How Did Sunday Get Its Name?" written by Robert Leo Odom and published by The Southern Publishing Association out of Nashville, Tennessee. A stapled pamphlet measuring 4" by 6" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Topics include: The Months; A Pagan Legacy; Started Long Ago; The Heathen Cosmology; The Biblical Week; The Astrological Planetary Week; In New Testament Times; Sun Worship in Rome; The Sun Called "Lord"; Sunday Sacred to the Sun; Sunday Among Christians; Sunday Observance by Force. Staples lightly age-rusted; covers lightly age-yellowed. . Very Good. Stapled Wraps. First Revised Edition. 1st Printing. 1972.

London, England: Oxford University Press. Eight pages including front and rear covers with five pages containing music and lyrics in English. Small numbers (to count timing) written in pencil above several notes by former owner; covers very lightly soiled; light corner creases. . Very Good. Sheet Music. First Edition This Publisher. 1936.

New York, NY: Friends of Haiti, 1976. Book. Near Fine. No Binding. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Offered is a flyer headlined "KENNECOTT-HAITI" (no date, although 1976) issued by the Friends of Haiti out of New York City. A single-sheet mimeographed handbill, as issued, printed on one side and measuring 8-1/2" by 14". In two columns (the left column in English, the right column in Spanish), this handbill was distributed at the July 4th Coalition's March and Rally on July 4, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With an illustration showing Haiti with a "FOR SALE" sign, the text reads, in part, "Kennecott Copper is now in the process of exploiting what may be one of the largest copper deposits in the world located on Haiti's north coast. In addition, hundreds of factories have flocked to Haiti to take advantage of wage levels of $1.00 to $1.30 A DAY. In order for this plunder of Haiti's resources to take place, the U.S. multinationals must… Read More

No Place: United States Patent Office. Offered is the patent for "Apparatus for Dehydrating Gas and Recovering Condensable Hydrocarbons Therefrom" which application was submitted by Ernest B. Miller of Houston, Texas on October 28, 1946 and Patented on May 16, 1950 (2,507,608) - presumably a copy from the United States Patent Office for Mr. Miller or his associates. A stapled document measuring 7-3/4" by 11-3/8" - the rear four pages contain the detailed description by Mr. Miller (which begins, "This invention relates to gas dehydration and has more particular reference to apparatus for removing moisture and condensable hydrocarbons from wet natural gas at the source, prior to transmission thereof through pipe lines and recovering the condensable hydrocarbons" - along with nine numbered sheets of technical drawings. Staples age-rusted; two tiny corner creases. . Very Good. Stapled Wraps. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1950.

Dover, DE: Office of Management, Budget and Planning, 1979. Book. Near Fine. No Binding. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-folded newsletter measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing six pages including front and rear covers. The contents are: Redevelopment Potential of the Delaware Urban Waterfront [Project] (with Figure 1: Waterfront Redevelopment Site Locations, Wilmington; Figure 2: Waterfront Redevelopment Site Locations, Newport; Figure 3: Waterfront Redevelopment Site Locations, New Castle; Figure 4: Waterfront Redevelopment Site Locations, Delaware City; table Site Impact Assessment); Delaware Coastal Fisheries Assistance Program by Charles A. Lesser, Manager of Fisheries. Previously folded twice (for mailing purposes); mailing label to rear cover..

No Place: Knight & Brown (Copyright), 1897. Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A full-color print with white borders measuring 9-7/8" by 12-3/4" entitled "Hooker at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863" with "COPYRIGHT 1897 BY KNIGHT & BROWN" printed in small typeface to lower left corner. Condition: previously folded in half horizontally with visible crease mark; closed tear to left and right edges of fold; lower left corner creased; a few short closed tears along edges; paper stock lightly age-browned; no missing portions of the art piece itself which remains colorful and striking..

Knight & Brown (Copyright), 1897. Book. Poor. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A full-color print with white borders measuring 9-7/8" by 12-3/4" entitled "McClellan at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862" with "COPYRIGHT 1897 BY KNIGHT & BROWN" printed in small typeface to lower left corner. Condition: previously folded in half horizontally with visible crease mark; short closed tear to left and right edges of fold; lower edge ragged; chip to upper right corner; paper stock lightly age-browned; no missing portions of the art piece itself which remains colorful and striking..

The Naiad Press, Inc., 1988. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Issued in softcover only. Signed by the author on the title page. Wear to lower edge of front cover, else Fine..

London, England: Libertarian Alliance, 1990. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-folded publication measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" and containing four pages. First published in the October, 1987 issue of "The World & I," the author discusses the book "The Pride and The Fall: The Dream and Illusion of Britain as a Great Nation" written by Correlli Barnett. The topics include: Myths about Myths; The Myth of Planned Culture; Mixed Critiques of Barnett..

London, England: Libertarian Alliance. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. Mr. O'Keeffe begins his article by writing, "We have heard much talk in recent years in this country of 'racism.' Most of such talk has been vacuous or pernicious or both. The white British have been accused first of all of overt prejudice, a proposition rather at odds with the astonishing ease with which more than three million non-whites have been absorbed by the British nation, mostly in England, in the last three decades. The other attack accuses the British of a parallel malady known as 'institutionalized' racism. In order to make this different from the other kind, its detectors and critics have to argue what amounts, really, to the view that it is accidental, that white teachers 'inadvertently' cause black children to get bad examination results. We end up here with the nonsense of applying a morally pejorative term (racism) to alleged… Read More

London, England: Libertarian Alliance, 1989. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-folded publication measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" and containing four total pages. Mr. O'Keeffe begins, "It seems difficult to deny that in the last decade there has been a profound transformation in the British economy. It is true that the transitional costs have at times been very high, though an enormous shadow economy makes a precise specification of the hardship caused, for example, by unemployment, impossible. There is no doubt, however, that net unemployment has soared; and it remains high now: too high for any humane society.".

London, England: Libertarian Alliance. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Retribution and the Rule of Law; The Nature of Crime; The Virtues of Restitution; The Mechanics of Restitution. . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1989.

London, England: Libertarian Alliance. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: The "New Liberalism" and "War, Welfare and Democracy." . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1990.

London, England: Libertarian Alliance. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. Author O'Keeffe begins, "Our education is in crisis, as most citizens now know. Establishment spokesmen claim, limply, that everything is fine save a shortage of funds." . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1991.

Westlake Village, CA: Aircel Comics, 1991. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains Mature Audience Content: by ordering you attest to being of legal adult age in your state or country of residence..